2018 Tre Valli Varesine (HC), Italy
98th edition: Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Tre Valli Varesine podium history | 2017 edition | 2019 edition | Course map
Saronno - Varese, 203.0 kilometers
Toms Skujins is the day's fastest man.
The race: Here's the report from third-place Peter Kennaugh's Bora-hansgrohe team.
The Italian autumn classic Tre Valli Varesine took the riders over 212km from Saronno to Varese. Much of the race was led by a breakaway of five riders, but with 50km remaining, several riders, including Rafal Majka and Emanuel Buchmann, were able to bridge the gap. As part of a 14-man group, the two BORA – hansgrohe riders rode at the head of the race until they were caught with 28km remaining.
The following kilometres were characterised by a series of attacks, and Peter Kennaugh and Emanuel Buchmann were able to put themselves at the head of the race. It all came down to a sprint from a reduced group on the slightly downhill finishing straight, from which T. Skujins emerged victorious. Peter was able to secure a solid third place at the end of the day.
From the Finish Line:
“A quality field of riders took to the start today. The team rode offensively and tried to position itself at the front of the race. Emanuel [Buchmann] worked hard, so that Peter [Kennaugh] could launch an attack on the final climb. Today the team worked very well together, and in the end Peter was able to finish with a podium result. Unfortunately Pawel Poljanski was involved in a crash earlier on, but fortunately did not break anything as a result.” – Jens Zemke, Sports Director
Complete Results:
168 starters, 77 abandons & 91 classified finishers
203.0 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.193 km/hr
| 1 | SKUJINS Toms | Trek-Segafredo | 4hr 55min 41sec |
| 2 | PINOT Thibaut | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 3 | KENNAUGH Peter | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 4 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 5 | FRANK Mathias | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 6 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 7 | URÁN Rigoberto | EF Education First-Drapac | @ 4sec |
| 8 | SIMON Julien | Cofidis | 0:13 |
| 9 | VISCONTI Giovanni | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 10 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 11 | CATTANEO Mattia | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 12 | KONRAD Patrick | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 13 | CICCONE Giulio | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 14 | BENNETT George | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 15 | VALVERDE Alejandro | Movistar | s.t. |
| 16 | GENIEZ Alexandre | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 17 | VILLELLA Davide | Astana | s.t. |
| 18 | OOMEN Sam | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 19 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 20 | NIBALI Vincenzo | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 21 | REICHENBACH Sébastien | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 22 | ROGLIC Primoz | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 23 | BARDET Romain | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 24 | PONZI Simone | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 1:02 |
| 25 | BOIVIN Guillaume | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 26 | CANOLA Marco | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 27 | BERHANE Natnael | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 28 | GAVAZZI Francesco | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 29 | VELASCO Simone | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 30 | SCHULTZ Nick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 31 | KUDUS Merhawi | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 32 | WACKERMANN Luca | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 33 | ROTA Lorenzo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 34 | DÍAZ José Manuel | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 35 | TOLHOEK Antwan | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 36 | RAVASI Edward | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 37 | PERNSTEINER Hermann | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 38 | VERONA Carlos | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 39 | SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 40 | BADILATTI Matteo | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 41 | CATALDO Dario | Astana | 1:04 |
| 42 | ROSSETTO Stéphane | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 43 | FORMOLO Davide | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 44 | POWER Robert | Mitchelton-Scott | 1:06 |
| 45 | SANTAROMITA Ivan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 46 | TIZZA Marco | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 1:38 |
| 47 | SBARAGLI Kristian | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 48 | FICARA Pierpaolo | Amore & Vita-Prodir | s.t. |
| 49 | MAJKA Rafał | Bora-hansgrohe | 1:40 |
| 50 | SENNI Manuel | Bardiani-CSF | 2:43 |
| 51 | CHEREL Mickaël | Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:52 |
| 52 | BAGIOLI Nicola | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 53 | SÁNCHEZ Luis León | Astana | s.t. |
| 54 | TROSINO Mirko | Amore & Vita-Prodir | s.t. |
| 55 | RAGGIO Luca | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 56 | GRIVKO Andrey | Astana | s.t. |
| 57 | GABBURO Davide | Amore & Vita-Prodir | s.t. |
| 58 | QUINTANA Dayer | Movistar | s.t. |
| 59 | GAUDU David | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 60 | CONCI Nicola | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 61 | OLIVIER Daan | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 62 | FIRSANOV Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 63 | LAGUTIN Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 64 | GESINK Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 65 | GEBREMEDHIN Awet | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 66 | COSTA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 67 | BENEDETTI Cesare | Bora-hansgrohe | 4:10 |
| 68 | GAZZARA Michele | Sangemini - MG.K Vis | 4:26 |
| 69 | MASNADA Fausto | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | s.t. |
| 70 | PELLIZOTTI Franco | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 71 | TRENTIN Matteo | Mitchelton-Scott | 5:42 |
| 72 | FEDELI Alessandro | Trevigiani Phonix-Hemus 1896 | s.t. |
| 73 | HERRADA José | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 74 | LADAGNOUS Matthieu | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 75 | DE TIER Floris | LottoNL-Jumbo | 6:23 |
| 76 | BOUWMAN Koen | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 77 | ZARDINI Edoardo | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | 6:48 |
| 78 | LE TURNIER Mathias | Cofidis | 7:34 |
| 79 | GASTAUER Ben | Ag2r La Mondiale | 8:03 |
| 80 | LATOUR Pierre | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 81 | HAMILTON Lucas | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 82 | PEDRERO Antonio | Movistar | s.t. |
| 83 | MARTINELLI Ivan | D'Amico-Utensilnord | 8:06 |
| 84 | FRAPPORTI Mattia | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 10:18 |
| 85 | RIABUSHENKO Alexandr | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 86 | DI SANTE Antonio | Sangemini - MG.K Vis | s.t. |
| 87 | GAROSIO Andrea | D'Amico-Utensilnord | s.t. |
| 88 | PUCCIONI Dario | Sangemini - MG.K Vis | s.t. |
| 89 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 90 | BAGIOLI Andrea | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 91 | STANNARD Robert | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
Course map: Note, to get an idea of the race's location, the Malpensa airport in the lower left of the map is the airport serving Milan.
